Lawyer, Mayor, Yacht Club Commodore, Author, Playwright . .
Kind Words from Gary Jobson for my new book: The Sundown Ceremony "Honoring America and the sea are important moments for every sailor and yacht club. Joe Tringali shows how to do it properly." -- Gary Jobson, World-class sailor, author and television commentator. |
It's been an interesting life so far!Looking back at that kid with the pipe and the pretend briefcase . . . I guess you might say I was a young man in a hurry. I was the second-youngest in my high school graduating class (at our 50th year reunion I found out that one of the cheerleaders was a month my junior), and got married when I was still in law school. I was admitted to practice in both Florida and New York when I was 25, and had my stress-related heart attack at 39 -- well, the less said about that the better!
In the past several decades I've managed to become a Mayor of North Palm Beach, Florida; a Commodore of two yacht clubs; Rear Commander of United States Power Squadrons; Commander of a Civil Air Patrol Squadron; a District Director in the International Order of the Blue Gavel; a member of the International Tribunal of Phi Alpha Delta, the nation's largest law fraternity; a member of the Order of Merlin in the International Brotherhood of Magicians; and a Kentucky Colonel. And . . . oh, yes, I've written a few books: six so far, and created my own publishing company for them because, as I like to tell people, I was an adopted child and I have a terrible fear of rejection. (Besides, I hate people who criticize my writing and agents make me crazy!) |
The Calkins Lucky Bag NewsletterThe Lucky Bag is a monthly compendium of News, Notes and Observations by P/C Joseph A. Tringali sent free of charge. Editors often find Lucky Bag items perfect for Club newsletters. The term "Lucky Bag" has been around since the earliest days of sailing. It was a bag containing "gear adrift" confiscated by the Bo's'n. Sailors were allowed to reach into the Lucky Bag at the end of a voyage to retrieve the personal treasures they believed had been lost at sea.
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